Author: Matt Casseday

So I start reading House of Leaves last night, and I immediately start to feel the fear. However, I did not feel fear of the unexplainable or of a haunted house. I close the book the moment I read the first chapter’s opening paragraph because I know what I need … Continue reading → Read more →

I chose to look at “Circe” because I find the mythological figure interesting. Duffy’s poems in “The World’s Wife” usually put twists on the stories of its subjects. The mythological Circe is usually portrayed as an exceptionally dangerous and hateful, if not helpful, witch with little to no ambiguity or … Continue reading → Read more →

I must admit that working with Duffy’s drafts was an unusual experience. I worked with MARBL before on an assignment involving comparing the drafts of poems by Seamus Heaney. It’s difficult to really gauge the personality of a writer from their works, there is a whole body of literature on … Continue reading → Read more →

With the paper coming up soon it is important to note what entertainment entails. I won’t have the opportunity to be this informal on the actual paper, so now is the time to discuss something I picked up in a media studies class. When people discuss entertainment, they do so … Continue reading → Read more →

One of the details of writing that is most underappreciated by the average reader is the perspective. The subtle nuance between first and third person, between past and present tense, can change the way one approaches a work. Thankfully, Virginia Woolf’s Mrs. Dalloway has a very noticeable quirk to its … Continue reading → Read more →

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